29 Jan 2015 15:08
Mitchells & Butlers plc (the "Company")
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Result of Annual General Meeting
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Mitchells & Butlers plc announces the results of the voting at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 29 January 2015 held at Mitchells & Butlers plc, Retail Support Centre, Birmingham at 11.30am.Β
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All the resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below. All resolutions were duly approved by the relevant majority in each case.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be non-routine business will be submitted to theΒ UK Listing Authority'sΒ National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
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Resolutions | VotesFor (a) | % | VotesAgainst | % | VotesWithheld (b) |
1 Receipt of accounts | 349,503,783 | 99.95 | 165,608 | 0.05 | 27,315 |
2 Approval of remuneration report | 348,330,462 | 99.94 | 214,564 | 0.06 | 1,153,158 |
3 Approval of remuneration policy | 347,071,910 | 99.30 | 2,436,145 | 0.70 | 190,129 |
4 Re-elect Alistair Darby | 348,238,942 | 99.86 | 487,157 | 0.14 | 970,607 |
5 Re-elect Stewart Gilliland | 349,199,976 | 99.88 | 434,949 | 0.12 | 61,781 |
6 Re-elect Eddie Irwin | 284,812,993 | 84.14 | 53,696,330 | 15.86 | 11,187,383 |
7 Re-elect Bob Ivell | 302,529,460 | 95.51 | 14,223,149 | 4.49 | 32,944,097 |
8 Re-elect Tim Jones | 347,673,244 | 99.70 | 1,052,030 | 0.30 | 971,432 |
9 Re-elect Douglas McMahon | 320,512,613 | 94.43 | 18,895,685 | 5.57 | 10,288,408 |
10 Re-elect Ron Robson | 316,556,303 | 93.51 | 21,975,256 | 6.49 | 11,165,147 |
11 Re-elect Colin Rutherford | 349,043,458 | 99.83 | 582,542 | 0.17 | 70,706 |
12 Re-elect Imelda Walsh | 349,150,920 | 99.86 | 475,204 | 0.14 | 70,582 |
13 Reappointment of auditor | 346,757,885 | 99.71 | 1,003,812 | 0.29 | 1,936,487 |
14 Auditor's remuneration | 349,202,758 | 99.87 | 444,702 | 0.13 | 50,724 |
15 Political donations | 349,066,540 | 99.85 | 513,902 | 0.15 | 117,851 |
16 Amendment of 2013 Performance Restricted Share Plan | 345,626,641 | 99.18 | 2,856,082 | 0.82 | 1,213,214 |
17 Notice period for meetings (c) | 343,713,126 | 98.30 | 5,949,087 | 1.70 | 35,971 |
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NOTES:
(a) The "For" vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
(b) A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.
(c) Special resolution
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Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
Voting was conducted by a poll.
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The number of shares in issue at 11.30am on Tuesday 27 January 2015 was 412,293,934.
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The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and also on the Company's website at www.mbplc.com.
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Denise Burton
Deputy Company Secretary
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